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Perez-Reverte wrote the Captain Alatriste seies as a homage to the adventure books that had been his own initiation into the world of reading as a ...Show synopsisPerez-Reverte wrote the Captain Alatriste seies as a homage to the adventure books that had been his own initiation into the world of reading as a boy - books such as Dumas's The Three Musketeers. Captain Alatriste is a swordsman for hire in Spain in the 1620s - a time when Court intrigue was high and the decadent young king had dragged the country into a series of disastrous wars. As a hired 'blade', Alatriste becomes involved in many political plots and must live by his wits. He comes face to face with hired assassins, court players, political moles, smugglers, pirates and of course, the infamous Spanish Inquisition...All the stories are told by Inigo Balboa, Alatriste's young page. The cast of characters also includes Quevedo, an irrepressible subversive poet who likes to start fights in the local tavern, the kind-hearted innkeeper and ex-prostitute who shares Alatriste's bed, the elegant Count of Guadalmedina, the beautiful but deadly Angelica de Alquezar, and a whole host of underworld figures.Hide synopsis
Captain Alatriste (Books on Tape) – Audiobook CD (2005)
by
Arturo Perez-Reverte, Scott Brick (Read by)
Cover may not depict edition offered for sale
Audiobook CD, Books on Tape 2005
English
ISBN: 1415920443 ISBN-13: 9781415920442
It is the height of Spain's celebrated golden century-but beyond the walls of the Royal Palace there is little on the streets of Madrid that glitters. The Invincible Armada has been defeated. The shadow of the Inquisition looms large. And the Thirty Years' War rages on in Flanders. When a courageous soldier of this war, Captain Diego Alatriste, is forced to retire after being wounded in battle, he returns home to live the comparatively tame-though hardly quiet-life of a swordsman-for-hire. In this dangerous city where a ...Show moreIt is the height of Spain's celebrated golden century-but beyond the walls of the Royal Palace there is little on the streets of Madrid that glitters. The Invincible Armada has been defeated. The shadow of the Inquisition looms large. And the Thirty Years' War rages on in Flanders. When a courageous soldier of this war, Captain Diego Alatriste, is forced to retire after being wounded in battle, he returns home to live the comparatively tame-though hardly quiet-life of a swordsman-for-hire. In this dangerous city where a thrust of steel settles all matters, there is no stronger blade than Alatriste's. The captain is approached with an offer of work that involves giving a scare to some strangers soon to arrive in Madrid. But on the night of the attack, it becomes clear that these aren't ordinary travelers-and that someone is out for their blood. What happens next is the first in a series of riveting twists, with implications that will reverberate throughout the courts of Europe. A literary adventure in the tradition of the elder Alexandre Dumas, "Captain Alatriste" is one of the most stylish, singular pleasures to come along in years-and endlessly entertaining tale that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life.Hide
Description:VG, plastic case a little rubbed, 7 hours of narration, ISBN 1...VG, plastic case a little rubbed, 7 hours of narration, ISBN 1-4159-2044-3,
Description:Good. Audio CDS, Withdrawn and Cancelled library copy with...Good. Audio CDS, Withdrawn and Cancelled library copy with usual markings, play side clean and shiney, Shipped with delivery confirmation.
